Applus+ delivers comprehensive tank-inspection and calibration services to operators of bulk storage tanks in accordance with API 653 and other relevant specifications. We have been a tank-inspection specialist in the Asia-Pacific region, for example, since 1991, completing in excess of 3,500 inspections without any safety incidents or lost-time injuries.

Applus+ has a core team of specialist tank-inspection personnel with a combined experience of over 150 years in the field of storage-tank testing and inspection. These personnel assist tank owners in optimising their inspection intervals based on detailed inspection data and the application of remaining-life and RBI principles and are supported up by a dedicated team of tank engineers who can provide specialist advice relating to all aspects of tank inspection, repair, modification and maintenance. The engineering team also provides accredited tank-calibration services as well as specific engineering solutions and assessments.

Applus+ has developed proprietary software to calculate and assess all engineering and design parameters (including wind loading, roof frangibility, tank design pressure, etc.). We can also provide detailed design calculations for tank-modification works including nozzle replacement or installation and installation of wind girders; tank stress assessments for excessive settlement using finite element analysis; and data assessment (MDR review and matching, etc.) for return-to-service activities, as required by API standards.

In addition to tank calibration, Applus+ also has the capacity and resources to conduct tank-out-of-roundness and detailed profile surveys using advanced laser 3D mapping tools. The Applus+ tank-inspection team is continually researching supplementary and alternative techniques, often in conjunction with our Applications Centre.

TARGET CUSTOMERS

Both the API 653 inspection code and industry standards state that all bulk storage tanks should be inspected at minimum intervals of 5 years for in-service (onstream) inspection and 10 years for out-of-service (offstream) inspection.

KEY CUSTOMER BENEFITS

Benefits of conducting regular bulk storage-tank inspections include:

Maintaining statutory compliance

Ensuring product containment

Maintaining asset integrity

Reducing maintenance costs

Extending life-cycle

Increasing the safety of operations

Complying with industry best practice

Lengthening the intervals between inspections

Saving both time and money by combining inspection and calibration into a single activity